Life of Pi was written in 2001 by the Canadian author Yann Martel and this book has gone on to win multiple awards like the Man Booker Prize for novel of the year and the Asian American Prize for Literature. It tells the epic tale of survival on sea by a young boy called Pi who spends 227 days on a small raft accompanied by a small group of animals. This happens because the ship they were traveling on sinks during the voyage.
Life of Pi is the story of Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, a boy who follows three religions of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity and who lives in India where his father owns a zoo in the city of Pondicherry. After a brief stay in India, the Patel family decide to close their zoo and move to Canada due to the political turmoil in India.
Unfortunately, disaster strikes during their journey and the ship carrying the Patel family and the entire zoo animals sink. Pi is stranded alone on a small lifeboat along with an injured zebra, orangutan called Orange Juice, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Soon afterwards, the hungry hyena kills both the injured zebra and the orangutan. However, the tiger, Richard Parker, soon kills the hyena thereafter leaving him and Pi alone on the boat. It is at this point that Pi decides to establish himself as the alpha male of the group to avoid being eaten by the tiger. Pi begins to fish and feeds both of them and tries to keep the tiger alive so that he does not remain alone on the boat.
Life of Pi then enters its third phase when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the authorities refuse to believe Pi's story, he modifies his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a murderous cook and a sailor and asks the authorities which one they prefer.
Even though they do not believe a word of it, they prefer the first story which leads Pi to remark that it is much the same way with God - those who choose not to believe miss out on the better story!
Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love a substantial read that takes time to digest. It is available at all leading bookstores although one can get it at a great discount at some of the online retailers.
Life of Pi is the story of Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, a boy who follows three religions of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity and who lives in India where his father owns a zoo in the city of Pondicherry. After a brief stay in India, the Patel family decide to close their zoo and move to Canada due to the political turmoil in India.
Unfortunately, disaster strikes during their journey and the ship carrying the Patel family and the entire zoo animals sink. Pi is stranded alone on a small lifeboat along with an injured zebra, orangutan called Orange Juice, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Soon afterwards, the hungry hyena kills both the injured zebra and the orangutan. However, the tiger, Richard Parker, soon kills the hyena thereafter leaving him and Pi alone on the boat. It is at this point that Pi decides to establish himself as the alpha male of the group to avoid being eaten by the tiger. Pi begins to fish and feeds both of them and tries to keep the tiger alive so that he does not remain alone on the boat.
Life of Pi then enters its third phase when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the authorities refuse to believe Pi's story, he modifies his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a murderous cook and a sailor and asks the authorities which one they prefer.
Even though they do not believe a word of it, they prefer the first story which leads Pi to remark that it is much the same way with God - those who choose not to believe miss out on the better story!
Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love a substantial read that takes time to digest. It is available at all leading bookstores although one can get it at a great discount at some of the online retailers.
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